Ahead of New York Comic Con, Action Lab Entertainment has announced it will publish Katie Cook's popular webcomic Gronk: A Monster's Story.

Debuting in 2010, Gronk centers on a young monster who turns her back on monster-kind (primarily because she's too adorable to scare anyone) and moves in with her human friend Dale and her pets Kitty and Harli.

A Harvey Award nominee, Cook is widely known for her work on licensed properties like Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings and IDW Publishing's popular My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic comic series.

"I've been approached before about taking my self-published books to another publishing 'level,'" Cook said in a statement, "but it's ALE that, in the end, I trust to do it. It's a team that is made up of some of the nicest people I've gotten to know in comics and they really are trying to put together something special. I am thrilled to put Gronk (and myself) in their lineup."

Cook will exhibit as NYCC in Artists Alley (table C-1o), and will sign a limited-edition issue of Gronk Friday and Sunday at the Action Lab Entertainment booth (#3044).